english reformation

  1. The Tudor's Hydra - What if Henry VIII had practiced polygamy?

    What if, rather than throwing the realm into turmoil and starting the English Reformation, Henry VIII had instead opted for polygamy rather than divorce? By taking a second wife (if not more), while staying married to Catherine and maintaining his support of both her and the Princess Mary, I...
  2. RedKing

    WI: Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon had a daughter in 1518

    In 1518, Katherine of Aragon had a stillborn child, much to the disappointment of Henry VIII who began to lose faith in her ability to give him a son. Ultimately this lead to Henry divorcing Katherine as well as England’s divorce from the Catholic Church. But what if Katherine’s child had been a...
  3. RedKing

    WI: Katherine Howard had a son with Henry VIII?

    It is possible that in OTL Katherine Howard - Henry VIII's fifth Queen - had fallen pregnant with his child. The main piece of evidence for this as AIUI is a letter written by Charles Marillac in 1540 which described Katherine as "Grosse", grosse mainly being a verb used to describe pregnant...
  4. EternalMadness1997

    Children of the Bloody Queen: A Tudor Timeline
    Threadmarks: The Bloody Heir

    Hello and welcome to my third timeline, and one that I have been cooking for sometime. As the title suggests, this is going to be a "what if Mary Tudor's pregnancy(ies) had been real rather than phantom?" timeline. I'll try to make this be as realistic as possible, though don't be afraid to...

  5. Effects of Vienna (1529) on England's Great Matter (1529-33)

    In OTL, about the time that the Ottomans were besieging the (Hapsburg) Austrian city of Vienna (September 27 to October 15 1529), Cardinal Wolsey's fall from grace in the court of Henry VIII was reaching a critical turning point; on October 9th, the cardinal was charged with “praemunire”...

  6. The Infamous Lady Rochford

    This is an idea I had on the weekend. Jane Parker Boleyn, Viscountess of Rochford is possibly one of the more maligned of the Tudor figures. In fact, something often pounced upon is that the marriage to George Boleyn was unhappy because there are no kids. Lady Rochford is also generally...

  7. DBWI: Henry VIII creates a separate Church.

    Just before the Pope Clement VII finally conceded and annulled the Marriage between the King and his infertile Queen, there was serious tensions among the Papal States and The kingdoms of England and Scotland. Do you think King Henry would be radical enough to cut off the English Church from Rome?
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